Ever raised an eyebrow at the price of a meal on holiday? Spare a thought for those that live there. The Economist Intelligence Unit has published its annual Worldwide Cost of Living survey and it makes for very interesting reading. The survey was created to help companies calculate cost-of-living for expatriates and business travellers. Comparing the cost of […]
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TAKE MY MONEY Do you love lasagna and hate Mondays?
Well boy howdy do I have the restaurant for you.
Toronto is about to get the first eatery of its kind in North America, and it’s everything you could ever want — nostalgia, Italian food, sassy cats. That’s right, come April Canada will be home to a Garfield themed restaurant.
Which, really, I think the world desperately needs.
There’s already one open in Dubai, because of course Dubai is already all over this, and it sounds a m a z i ... Tags: Toronto, Canada, Dubai, Humor, North America, Garfield, Gracie Hughes, Garfuccinos

It’s only mid-March , but 2019 has already been quite the year for Super Moon enthusiasts, with several crazily named celestial events like the Super Snow Moon and Super Blood Wolf Moon. Tonight, stargazers in the northern hemisphere will be treated to a sight that is, according to the scientists who name these things, truly a once-in-a-lifetime event.
It’s called the Super Worm Moon, and before you ask, the answer is no — there won’t be hordes of giant, slithering annelids taking over our st... Tags: Travel, Europe, Earth, The Guardian, North America, Luna, All, Super Moon, Spring Equinox, Super Moons, Super Worm Moon

This post originally appeared on Nomadic Chick.
It all began, fittingly, on the first day of summer with a game called ‘tangled’, where everyone puts their hands in the center of a circle, grabs two random people’s hands and then proceeds to untangle themselves to make a circle as this is “team-building” and “creates friendships”. It was our first day as counselors at an American summer camp in up-state New York and we were wondering just what we had gotten ourselves into.
In the fray of hand g... Tags: Travel, Florida, Usa, New York, Australia, New York City, US, Personal, Canada, United States, Ireland, Jane Austen, Buffalo, Pod, Derry, North America

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TOKYO — Ichiro drew all the cheers. Most everyone else on the Seattle Mariners did all the hitting.
A crowd that came to salute Ichiro Suzuki in his homeland saw Domingo Santana deliver the biggest hit at the Tokyo Dome, a grand slam that sent Seattle over the Oakland Athletics 9-7 on Wednesday in the Major League Baseball opener.
Batting ninth and knowing he’d get two plate appearances, Ichiro popped up and worked a walk. The 45-year-old star took his spot in right field to begin the bottom of ... Tags: Japan, Sports, Toronto, Atlanta, Sport, Soccer, Mlb, Tokyo, Oakland Athletics, Athletics, North America, Oakland, Seattle, Major League Baseball, Beckham, Mariners

TravelClick, an Amadeus company, today released new data from the Company's February 2019 North American Hospitality Review (NAHR). According to this data, average daily rates (ADR) are up 2.7 percent across all travel segments during the first quarter of the year, led by group travel, up 3.8 percent. Similarly, the transient business and transient leisure travel segments are also up 2.1 percent and 2.2 percent, respectively. However, bookings have taken a dip this quarter, down -4.5 perc... Tags: Travel, North America, North American Hospitality Review

Last month, we reported that Opendoor — the startup that is taking on the real estate industry with its own platform for buying up homes and selling them on to interested buyers — filed to raise $200 million on a $3.7 billion valuation. Now, we can confirm that the round has closed, and it has turned out to be higher on both counts. The company has raised an addition $300 million, and sources close to it tell TechCrunch that the valuation is now at $3.8 billion.
This latest round was led by prev... Tags: Tech, Atlantic, North America, Wu, Keith Rabois, Opendoor, Eric Wu, GV Opendoor, Ian Wong Justin Ross

There are fundamental truths in this world one can’t really argue with. One of those is if you want to play golf, you’re going to need golf balls.
Let’s pause and allow the brilliance of that observation sink in.
Another fundamental truth is where there’s a need, there will always be battalions of people with machinery making stuff to fill that need, troops of marketers convincing you you can’t live without it, and a cadre of salespeople making sure you buy theirs. Case in point – hit the PGA To... Tags: Europe, Japan, Nike, Sport, Taiwan, Pga, Golf, North America, Mizuno, New Releases, Tommy Armour, Mizzy, Voshall, Chris Voshall Mizuno, Feng Tay, Cone Dimples

A growing number of ad-tech companies are moving into over-the-top advertising as ad dollars shift from TV to streaming video.
While ad-tech companies are clamoring to get a share of the OTT ad market that's coming from the $70 billion in TV advertising, not all ad-tech companies will actually be able to deliver.
Business Insider polled a handful of ad buyers and compiled a list of 13 ad-tech companies that are at the forefront of shaping the future of OTT advertising.
More people are cutting... Tags: Google, Facebook, Youtube, Amc, Disney, US, Trends, Comcast, Roku, Cbs, David Cohen, Nielsen, North America, Vizio, Hulu, Comscore

Coyotes expanded their range to colonize eastern North America over the last century, where their impacts on white-tailed deer populations are highly debated. In a Journal of Wildlife Management study, researchers conducted the first long-term, large scale assessment and documented no consistent decline in deer harvest numbers after coyote arrival. Tags: Science, US, North America

Coyotes eat deer, but not enough to limit the deer population at a large scale. A new study of deer numbers across the eastern United States has found that the arrival and establishment of coyote predators has not caused the number of deer harvested by hunters to decline. Tags: Science, United States, North America

Every year in the third week of March, Manijeh Irani, 64, makes a tour of the markets of her adopted city, Mumbai—grocery stores, stalls of fresh and dried fruit, sweet shops, even an aquarium—for goods to adorn her festive table for Nowruz, the Persian New Year.
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More than half of the films playing at Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, are directed by women, the Canadian event said Tuesday. The festival’s 26th edition, which runs April 25-May 5, will screen 234 films, with 54% of the directors being women. In the competitive International Spectrum program, notable films receiving their world […] Tags: News, Markets & Festivals, North America, Hot Docs

American Jessie Diggins leads Germany’s Stefanie Böhler and others during the women’s 10 k freestyle pursuit on March 19 at World Cup Finals in Québec City.
Heading into the final weekend of World Cup racing, the U.S. Ski Team will be allotted a greater number of starts. Starting with Friday’s sprint, racing will be organized in Québec, Canada. Not technically the U.S., but it is North America. The International Ski Federation’s rules state that when Canada hosts a World Cup, the U.S. is co... Tags: News, Germany, Sport, Canada, Racing, Skiing, World Cup, North America, Quebec, Fis, Continental, Hamilton, Ogden, McCabe, Scott Patterson, Quebec Canada

The bird's trek between its breeding grounds in the central and western boreal forest of North America and its winter home in the Amazon Basin is one of the longest songbird migrations recorded. Describing a route arcing across North America and including a transoceanic flight to South America, the study confirms an epic migration journey that scientists had long suspected but not yet proved. Tracking their route is key to solving the birds' decline. Tags: South America, North America, Amazon Basin